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Chapter Thirty Four
Ruby
That first split-second where you wake up and remember nothing. There’s nothing quite like that, is there? Then the realization hits you like a ton of bricks, forcing you to sit bolt upright in bed.
Caleb. Fell. Asleep. On. The. Couch.
Oh my God!
I woke up, jumped quickly out of bed, and threw on my dressing gown, desperate to cover the horrendous SpongeBob nightgown that I was wearing. I fished it out of my bottom drawer late last night when I was getting changed in the dark.
I caught a glimpse of myself in my dressing table mirror. Hell no! There was no way I could go downstairs looking like Leo Sayer’s clone. My hair was a rat’s nest!
With my heart p
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